Why Chittagong never became a maritime city
24 August 2026
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The many worlds of Ghulam Murshid
23 August 2026
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Operation Jackpot: How Bangladesh’s naval commandos struck at Pakistan’s lifeline in 1971
21 August 2026
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The Yellow Butterfly: How Sheba shaped my world growing up
18 August 2026
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What Bangladesh’s historic Test victory in Australia means for Bangladeshi-Australians
17 August 2026
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Remembering Sumit Sarkar, a historian who questioned orthodoxy
17 August 2026
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The unfinished histories of Partition
16 August 2026
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In conversation with William Dalrymple / ‘Britain didn't conquer India’
15 August 2026
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Sheikh Mujib’s killing: What the newspapers told and what they omitted
15 August 2026
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Mirrors of Empire / The bureaucrats and intellectuals who shaped the Mughal Empire
14 August 2026
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No agent for Indian visa: Embassy
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has advised all to inform the Bangladesh law enforcement authorities for taking legal actions
27 July 2015
SCBA forms sub-committees to identify fraudsters on it premises
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday formed three separate sub-committees to identify impersonators on its premises, and take action against them and bar their access to the association.
27 July 2015
40,000 marooned as floods hit different districts in Bangladesh
Rain and onrush of water from upstream caused the flooding to worsen in the hilly district of Bandarban, and Feni and Cox's Bazar yesterday.
This is the second time floods have affected these places this year.
Around 40,000 people in Bandarban were marooned and road communications between the district and other parts of the country remained snapped for the second consecutive day yesterday, reports our correspondent there citing local public representatives.
26 July 2015
Prisoner avenges assault on brother in Rajshahi jail
To avenge an assault on his brother, a prisoner attacked an inmate inside Rajshahi Central Jail Saturday evening days after the former was sent to the prison.
26 July 2015
Fakhrul leaves for Singapore for better treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is leaving for Singapore for better treatment.
26 July 2015
200kg of piranha, 500kg of shrimps seized at Dhaka market
A mobile court yesterday seized 200kg of banned piranha and 500kg of prawns and lobsters injected with harmful substance at the capital's Karwan Bazar.
26 July 2015
AC malfunction, fire at Bangladesh Bank
A small scale fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel this afternoon, however, no major losses or casualties were incurred.
26 July 2015
2 officials' rivalry paralyses Libya's Dhaka embassy
In a rare case, the operations of the Libyan embassy in Dhaka have remained suspended for around two weeks due to a dispute between
25 July 2015
Man held with Saudi Riyals at Dhaka airport
Customs officials detained a passenger with 1.5 lakh Saudi Riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday.
25 July 2015
Kidnapped man rescued, 7 held in capital
Detectives rescued a man and arrested seven kidnappers including two agents of a mobile banking service from a hotel on the capital's
25 July 2015
Trained youths must for maximising dev potential
Skill development, language training and quality education for the youth are necessary for a country to get benefits from its large
25 July 2015
Ershad dreams of majority in next JS
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday asked his party activists to strengthen their activities so that it could win at least 151 seats in
25 July 2015
No respite from deaths on roads in Bangladesh
Deaths in road accidents continue to climb as 17 more people lost their lives in different districts yesterday, taking the death toll in
24 July 2015
SUNDARBANS UNDER THREAT
Ask anyone, and they can tell you that you cannot put a price on the Sundarbans. The people who live in and around the Sundarbans,
24 July 2015
Teachers withdraw sit-in programme
Teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) yesterday withdrew their sit-in programme after 33 days' demonstration
24 July 2015
Gonojagoran Mancha starts sit-in
A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha yesterday started a sit-in and will continue the protest in the capital's Shahbagh until the final verdict
24 July 2015
1,200 unions to get high speed internet soon
As many as 1,200 unions of the country are to be provided with high speed internet facilities soon as a cabinet body approves the
24 July 2015
PCJSS to boycott markets July 29
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) and its associated organisations yesterday announced a dawn-to-dusk “Bazaar
24 July 2015
Govt to bring bodies of two Bangladeshis killed in Libya
The government will bring the bodies of two Bangladeshi migrants, who were killed after falling in a gunfight between two tribal groups in
24 July 2015
Postogola 3-wheeler drivers go on strike protesting toll hike
Drivers of CNG-run three-wheelers in Postogola Bridge area of the capital yesterday suspended their operation over the bridge
24 July 2015